By the time one traces the chain from the child slogging in the cobalt mine to the rechargeable gadgets and cars ... colonial exploitation as “the vilest scramble for loot that ever disfigured the ...

The world’s No. 1 cobalt miner churned out a record volume of the metal in 2024, thanks to a speedy ramp-up of its giant mines in Africa. China’s CMOC Group Ltd. said Monday it produced ...

Cobalt miner Jervois Global Ltd. will go private as part of a restructuring deal with one of its lenders, after struggling to compete with Chinese rivals as prices for the battery metal plunged.

Jan 2 (Reuters) - Cobalt miner Jervois Global (JRV.AX), opens new tab said on Thursday that one of its lenders will take the company private as part of a pre-packaged bankruptcy, the latest ...

(Bloomberg) — The world’s No. 1 cobalt miner is sounding the alarm over the shrinking role of the metal in electric vehicle batteries. Chinese company CMOC Group Ltd., which has been churning out ...

Cobalt mining in the DRC is marred by human rights violations, including child labor, driven by weak regulations and corruption. China's control over 70% of the global cobalt supply raises ...

and while it runs a large "mechanized" mine, it also buys additional cobalt in from area "artisanal" mines, which almost certainly employ child labor, and in some cases forced labor. Cobalt mining ...

include four former miners, seven legal representatives of former miners who are still children, and five representatives of child laborers who were killed in cobalt mining operations, the ruling ...

The tech giants were found not liable for forced labor in Congo's cobalt mines. LONDON -- A U.S. court has absolved five of America's biggest tech companies in a case over their alleged support of ...

Cobalt is a critical component in the production of batteries, smartphones, and electric vehicles. Yet miners who risk their ... serious injuries sustained by child laborers in cobalt mines.

It was a cool, dusty morning in July 2021, when I first visited the Kamilombe cobalt mine in Lualaba Province ... over deaths and serious injuries sustained by child labourers in cobalt mines.